Molecular characterization of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus spp. clinical isolates from Hungary and Serbia

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 778-784

  Libisch, Balázs ^a   Lepsanovic, Zorica ^b   Top, Janetta ^c   Muzslay, Mónika ^a   Konkoly Thege, Marianne ^d   Gacs, Mária ^a   Balogh, Boglárka ^a   Füzi, Miklós ^a   Willems, Rob J ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEFENCE   (Serbia)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d Szent Laszlo Hospital   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; ENTEROCOCCAL SURFACE PROTEIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN RESISTANCE DETERMINANT B PROTEIN; GENTAMICIN; LINEZOLID; TEICOPLANIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; FECES CULTURE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUNGARY; IN VITRO STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; SERBIA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TANDEM REPEAT; URINE CULTURE; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; HUNGARY; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SERBIA; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 52349108555     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540802165740     Document Type: Article

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